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12:02AM GMT 14 Dec 2005

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LAME DUCK BLAIR

Tony Blair is to face the most serious backbench uprising over his reform agenda when moderate Labour MPs demand a rethink of education policy. Senior backbenchers, including the entire membership of an elected group that forms the link between MPs and the Prime Minister, will publish an alternative policy on education in a direct challenge to Mr Blair.

TELL US WHAT YOU DID WITH PETE'S BODY

Joanne Lees has appealed for an Australian drifter convicted of murdering her boyfriend, Peter Falconio, to disclose where he has hidden the body.

BUMPER BONUSES AS BANKS REAP RICHES FROM M&A

The board of the London Stock Exchange has concluded that Australian investment bank Macquarie is not a suitable owner for the company.

M&S JUDGMENT RULES OUT FUTURE TAX WINDFALLS

European judges have handed victory to M&S in a landmark case against HM Revenue & Customs, but spared the taxman the prospect of having to pay billions to other businesses.

VODAFONE SLIDES ON TURKEY DEAL

Telsim's acquisition by Vodafone for $4.55bn (£2.58bn), has been branded as a 'very expensive lurch for growth' by analysts as the UK mobile giant's shares fell.

BUSINESS DIARY

David Cameron said of his new role at a bash thrown by think-tank The Policy Exchange on Monday: "I've only been in the job a week and I'm rather enjoying it. Still, my wife's not interested in any of it."

The Buncefield oil depot fire - the biggest of its kind in Europe since the end of the Second World War - has been extinguished after 59 hours.

Police used chemical spray on protesters led by radical Korean farmers as they tried to storm the first day of World Trade Organisation talks in Hong Kong.

Britain's ban on "stealth advertising" in commercial television programmes could be swept away under new rules announced yesterday.

Keira Knightley is "shell shocked" after being nominated for a best actress award at the 2006 Golden Globes.